One of the floating stalls in the Ganvie Monday Market.

You can get lollies, fruit, breakfast, toilet rolls, ballpoint pens, pretty much anything.

You can find the right stall or it comes to you.

Market breaking up. At peak you could have walked across from boat to boat.

Kids being dropped off for their first day of school. Many had their own boats.

Traditional boat maker. These little ones are hardwood and cost about $300. Not cheap.

Lovers Lane. A specific spot on the street Lovers Lane, where singles go to meet in private.

The women, young and old, take pride in their hair.

She has a wood fire going in the boat and sells fresh, deep fried sweet potato. Popular!

Absolutely poured with rain in the afternoon. The street flooded to the depth of the bus floor.

Lovers Lane, Ganvie

September 15 in Benin ⋅ 🌧 24 °C

Went back out the Ganvie Village in Lake Nokoue today. It's Monday Market day and the main drag was packed with boats selling and buying for about 500m. Weird thing was that it wasn't at a standstill. The boats just glide past each other mm apart, sometimes touching. There is no aggressive. You search around to find what you want or like us, we pulled to one side and floating stalls came to us.
Have shifted now a few hours away heading for Togo. Having a look at the old capital of Dahomey tomorrow. Skies opened up with a major downpour, flooding the road. We got through OK.Read more